Description:
White marble block (W. 1.235 × H. 0.635 × D. 0.20).
Text:
Inscribed at the centre right of one face; from a complex of which this was the right hand element. There is a very slight drafting onto which some letters impinge.
Letters:
Standard forms, ave. 0.025
Date:
First to third centuries A.D. (lettering).
Findspot:
City, Village: stray find from demolished house near SW Sebasteion trench.
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1988)
History of discovery:
Recorded by the NYU expedition in 1987 (87.377)
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds) This edition Reynolds (2007).
1[·· ? ··] ἡ σορὸς σὺν τῷ βωμῷ vac.
2[·· ? ··] Ἀττάλου τοῦ Μενίππου vac.
3[·· ? ··] τοῦ Ἀθηναγόρου v. ζῇ vac.
1[ - - - ]ΗΣΟΡΟΣΣΥΝΤΩΒΩΜΩ   
2[ - - - ]ΑΤΤΑΛΟΥΤΟΥΜΕΝΙΠΠΟΥ   
3[ - - - ]ΤΟΥΑΘΗΝΑΓΟΡΟΥ ΖΗ   
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
σορὸς
σὺν
τῷ
βωμῷ
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
Ἀττάλου
τοῦ
Μενίππου
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
τοῦ
Ἀθηναγόρου
<space extent="1" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
ζῇ
<space extent="3" unit="character" dim="horizontal" />
</ab>

Translation:

The tomb with the base [...] of Attalos son of Menippos [...] of Athenagoras. He lives.

Commentary:

The names are all standard at Aphrodisias: see name index.

Photographs:

Face (1988)
 Face (1988)
Detail (1988)
 Detail (1988)

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